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Similar Charaxes virilis, Charaxes viola, Charaxes doubledayi, Charaxes nichetes | ||
Charaxes plantroui, the pink-washed demon charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in eastern Guinea, Sierra Leone, northern and central Ivory Coast, Ghana and Nigeria. The habitat consists of drier forests and dense Guinea savanna.
The larvae feed on Albizia zygia, Albizia adianthifolia, Afzelia africana, Griffonia simplicifolia, Andira inermis and Dalbergia saxatilis.
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